Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of these 123 , a full interview was obtained with l04 principal carers at the time of the patient 's referral to the project ( six carers refused to be interviewed , and it was not possible to interview a further nine for reasons such as the carer 's ill health or death or because the patient and carer soon moved out of the area ; for the remaining four some information was obtained by telephone ) . |
| 2 | It is my contention that entrenchment and cynicism both reflect and serve to heighten an atmosphere of demoralization ; that they arise as a result of a semi-conscious decision by teachers about how to cope with doubts and demands ; that while this stance often seems the only possible option it is a mistake to adopt it ; and that through insight into the dynamics of the decision-making process , a better stance can be found , even in very trying circumstances , that offers a greater opportunity for personal satisfaction and institutional success . |
| 3 | Even with × 20 it shows up as nothing more than an elliptical blur , more or less devoid of detail , though it is possible to see the smaller companion galaxy M32 close beside it . |
| 4 | In addition to the $400 million which he had already paid into an SEC disgorgement fund , he was due to provide a further $500 million to be contributed in tranches over five years . |
| 5 | York 's a historic city of some hundred and four thousand people , covering some two thousand nine hundred hectares , but that city itself is only part of the settlement that I think we would all regard as as York itself , that covers a larger population of some a hundred and thirty five thousand people , er contained er within the York outer ring road , and referenced to the the map submitted with my H One submission , and also the greenbelt plan which we 've we 've just put up on the board there , er will show you the the broader extent of the urban area . |
| 6 | Reforms , like those carried out by the Younger Pitt , were impressive in their own terms but could do little to diminish the greater role of the Excise . |
| 7 | Its San Jose , California-based developer , Software Systems Inc , has now decided that the time is right to provide a lower cost version , which runs on Silicon Graphics Inc workstations . |
| 8 | I must give this to the Prime Minister , explain the strong feelings and see whether the guidelines can be altered so that it becomes more usual to impose a stiffer sentence . |
| 9 | Where liability is admitted , or it is acknowledged that liability is likely to be established , then it may be sensible to try and agree an interim payment because it will probably be possible to secure a lower sum in interim damages than would be awarded by the Court if matters were so to proceed . |
| 10 | Yet Labour has a bigger vested interest in there being a European Parliament which — during the transition to a more federal union — co-legislates with the Council , rather than exists as a largely powerless consultative assembly . |
| 11 | It seems the French got the better part of the deal when the Eurodisney share price was announced in the City yesterday with all the overkill we have come to expect from the Americans . |
| 12 | No one ( thank God ! ) says sex must stop and comparatively few favour the wilder flights of permissive fantasy . |
| 13 | She was told that there was slippage of some support among backbenchers ; that the 1922 Executive was divided , with some preferring a wider choice in the second round ; and that there was some disquiet in the Cabinet . |
| 14 | This process enabled some to see a simpler method ( e.g. pupil 1 ) . |
| 15 | Indeed , as experimental psychology of animals evolves from simple behaviourism — the simple response experiments of Skinner — to the more complex information-theory of positive science , it becomes ever clearer that the minds of animals — and I use the word advisedly , meaning their capacity to reason from stored information — are extremely complex , and this imposes a greater responsibility on us . |
| 16 | This revealed a higher number of referrals to the psychogeriatric service for people in Newham than in Ipswich ( understandable in view of the fact that Newham has a larger elderly population : approximately 28,500 people over 65 compared with 18,800 in Ipswich ) . |
| 17 | The national surveys of disability conducted by OPCS in 1985 revealed a higher prevalence of disability among women aged 75 and over than men in the same age group . |
| 18 | This produced a faster stellar wind which compressed the gas . |
| 19 | Complementary evidence that this represents a wider shift in management practice , not confined to one country , company or sector , is drawn from published accounts of similar developments elsewhere . |
| 20 | Although this represents a greater increase ( £7 ) than in the other categories , it seems only fair that two single adults should not have to pay more than a family . |
| 21 | ‘ This offers a greater physical challenge and it makes the kite more visibly spectacular , ’ he added . |
| 22 | It is also worth noting that as rates rise in the money markets equities by comparison may be seen in a less favourable light , and if this produces a greater level of uncertainty about prices , options combined with the money markets may constitute a refuge for those investors wishing to avoid such doubts . |
| 23 | This has the further benefit of helping to sustain or extend current routines through various kinds of provision . |
| 24 | As we see , from the following quote , this has the further effect of humiliating the teacher and leading to his loss of dignity : |
| 25 | This has the further consequence that a woman 's life is largely confined to private spaces — the home — while men dominate the public spaces outside the home . |
| 26 | This provided a richer and more varied diet and a grander life style for those in the middle and upper ranks of society than would have been possible if they had been dependent only on the products of a self-contained peasant economy . |
| 27 | The two noddies are fairly similar , but the lesser has a longer beak and the brown , as its name suggests , has a paler brown back . |
| 28 | The first of those points is the principle of a Greater York dimension to the structure plan , erm we 'll all probably be aware that in the original structure plan the Secretary of State was n't prepared to accept a Greater York dimension in the structure plan , but did accept with the support of the district councils on the first alteration , the inclusion of a Greater York dimension . |
| 29 | So that , is the basic drive behind this to provide a greater incentive for the , the majority of peasants to support , actively support the Party ? |
| 30 | This adds a further regulator to receptor-matrix interaction and implies that specific receptor expression may be influenced by nuclear events or in response to a change in matrix . |